Improvement in weather-strips



J. CHANDLER.

WEATHER-STRIP.

No. 186,079. Patented Jan.9, 1877.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JESSE CHANDLER, OF WARSAW, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER-STRIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 186,079, dated January9, 1877; application filed September 22, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE CHANDLER, of Warsaw, county of Hancock, andState of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Weather-Strip, ofwhich the following is a specification Figure 1 is aside elevation. Fig.2 is a section on line 00 w in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 yin Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

The object of my improvementis to provide a means for excluding cold andrain from windows and doors.

A is a strip of metal or wood, which is movably attached to the door bythe staples c, and is of such length as to fit loosely between the jambsof the door. I) is a hook formed on one end of the strip A, which iscapable of engaging with a spring-hook, B. The strip A is placed in arabbet at the lower edge of the door, and is of sufficient width to dropinto the rabbet in the threshold when the door is closed.

The spring-catch B consists of a casting having a nib for engaging withthe hook b on the strip, and a boss, around which the spring 01 passes,and through which the screw passes that attaches it to the door. E is astaple or pin driven into the door-jamb, which presses the hook as thedoor closes. F is a block of iron attached to the door-sill, for raisingthe strip as it passes over the threshold. 0n opening the door the stripA strikes the block F, which throws it upward until the catch 12 engagesthe catch B, by which it is retained until the door closes, when thecatch B strikes the staple E, liberating the catch 1), allowing thestrip A to fall into the rabbet in the doorsill.

In Fig. 3, D is a strip of metal, that is locked into a strip,f, forminga hinge. The strip f is attached to the jamb of a door or window, andthe strip D pressed against the door or window by springs c, that restin shallow holes bored in the jamb.

This strip is equally applicable to doors and windows, and efl'ectuallycloses the space between the rail of the door or window-sash and thejamb, while it permits the door to open or close, and the window toslide.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination, with the movable strip A, having ahook, I), at one end, of the hook B, having a hub with the spring d,constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

JESSE CHANDLER. Witnesses:

ALEX. BURKE, A. T. KINNE.

